Book Synopsis:
Meet Magnolia.
Her father’s dead, her boyfriend’s ditched her to commit himself more fully to surfing, and her mother’s depressed because she can’t get cast on The Real Housewives of Orange County. All Magnolia wants is to reinvent herself.
Meet Ford.
Half his family is in jail, the other half probably should be, he shoplifted his way into a job at a record store, and his brother pawned his 1953 Telecaster for a quick buck. All Ford wants is to reinvent himself.
Ford, meet Magnolia.
When the two teens are cast in Spotlight, a reality TV singing competition, both see it as their chance to start anew. With each episode, as they live together in a Hollywood Hills mansion and sing their hearts out, Ford and Magnolia fall in love. But how genuine can that love be when a television audience is watching their every move—and when their pasts are catching up them so much faster than they can run?
My Review: 4/5 stars. I like this book, but it took a while for me to really get invested in it. The first half of the book was slow, it took about 100 pages for it to start to get interesting, which is longer than I would’ve liked. Once I got past that slow beginning, however, I found myself wanting to keep on reading non stop. I also like endings that tie off a lot of loose ends, which I feel like this book didn’t really do. All-in-all, though, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this.
I really enjoyed the setting of a reality TV show and how the book showed that they are never exactly as they seem. It showed how the hosts influence a lot of the drama and that it’s not really ”reality“ after all.
I also liked how it switched between Ford and Magnolia’s perspectives, it made it easier to get to know the two characters’ personalities. On the topic of characters, however, I never really got attached to any of the side characters. I felt like they weren’t very fleshed our and just had one thing that they were recognized by.
This book has some kissing, obviously, so i don’t recommend it for a younger or immature audience. There’s one scene where things get pretty heated between the two main characters, but nothing more than passionate kissing. As for language, there’s not too much but it’s still there, so this is definitely for teens and older.
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